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Destined to become the defining work on the subject, this timely reference addresses the single fastest growing segment of the senior living industry — assisted living for those who are unable to live independently but who do not need intensive nursing home care, meals, housekeeping, or twenty-four hour access to medical assistance. Victor Regnier's visually rich guide includes dozens of design solutions from successful assisted living facilities along with fifteen case studies from the U.S. and Europe. The book also covers recent developments in the industry including major changes in financing, growth of dementia, and interest in aging-in-place. All in all, this is the most comprehensive guide to assisted living design that you'll find in any single volume.

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Practical yet written with a eye toward broader theroreticalconsiderations, this new book picks up where his last one left off.Insights from northern Europe and the US make this publicationuseful to the designer, care-giver and the consumer. —Paul J.Klaassen, Chairman and CEO, Sunrise Assisted Living

Victor Regnier has produced another excellent and useful bookwhich chronicles the last ten years of progress in assisted livingdesign. From design considerations to case studies using hundredsof photographs and illustrations, the book communicates dozens ofcutting edge concepts. —David J. Hoglund FAIA Partner,Perkins-Eastman Architects

The next twenty years will see a major growth innon-institutional alternatives to traditional nursing homes. Armedwith insights he gathered from northern Europe and best practicesfrom the United States, Victor Regnier has produced an inspiringlook at choices we can make in designing the next generation ofhousing for the frail. —James E. Birren Ph.D., AssociateDirector, UCLA Center on Aging

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Victor Regnier, FAIA, is an architect, gerontologist, and one of the world's leading authorities on the design of housing for older people. He holds a professorship between the USC School of Architecture and the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. A former European Fulbright Scholar, his research and design efforts have garnered awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects, Progressive Architecture, and the Gerontological Society. The author of five books and research monographs, he has also consulted on over 250 building projects in twenty-eight states, Canada, England, and Germany.

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